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ART & DESIGN
Marcel Duchamp Fountain Scandal at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Marcel Duchamp Fountain Scandal is at the core of a new show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It provides art lovers the opportunity to learn about the controversial piece and other readymades.
ART
American Watercolor: New Exhibition Investigates its Rise
American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, traces the history of watercolor in America
ART NEWS
Beautiful Women: Pablo Picasso, Influences and Cruelty
Pablo Picasso’s Wandering Eyes and Lustful Desires Wrecked the Lives of Many Beautiful Women that Crossed his Path. Although he is one of the most important artists of the 20th, Picasso is also the epitome of cruelty to the women in his life. Here is how Picasso turned love to hate, breaking the hearts of many women whom he used as muses for his work.
ART & DESIGN
Top 20 Pablo Picasso Insightful Quotes on Art and Life
Head of a Woman, a 1934 oil canvas portrait of Marie Thérése Walter by Pablo Picasso, shows the genius of the famous artist who shaped 20th-century art. Image: Museum of Fine Arts, Full Article »
ART & DESIGN
Modern Art History: MFA Examines Five New Installations
Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia) by Frida Kahlo (detail), 1928. The oil on canvas is one of the artworks examining modern art history at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston REVIEW: Five Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Andy Warhol, Banksy, and Damien Hirst Shine at Auction
Untitled aaaaaa 1992 by Damien Hirst was a major highlight at Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary art auction where Andy Warhol art led sales. Image: Bonhams Auctions AUCTION NEWS: Artworks by Andy Warhol, Zao Full Article »
ART AUCTION
African Artists Art Auction: New Records at Africa Now
Ben Enwonwu Leads African artists to set new world auction records at Africa Now, Bonhams African artists art auction with Spirit of Ogolo
ART & DESIGN
Artist Survives Heart Disease and Wins Prestigious Art Prize
Amy Sherald survives heart failure and wins Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition’s $25,000 prestigious art award
ART AUCTION
Taubman Art Collection Goes to Sotheby’s and Detroit Loses
Willem de Kooning, Untitled XXI 1976. Estimate US$25-35 million / HK$195-273 million. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s ART AUCTION: Alfred Taubman art collection at Sotheby’s expected to make in excess of US$500 Full Article »
ART NEWS
Al Masar Gallery Celebrates 7 Years With Famous Artists
Dr.Mohamad Omar Khalil with Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador, H. E John Casson at the opening of The Nile: A River of Continues Inspiration. Image courtesy of Al Masar Gallery of Contemporary Full Article »
ART NEWS
Sculptures Reveal Hani Faisal’s Vision of Life in Egypt
Hani Faisal, Contemplating, granite 52x68x34 cm 2014. Sculptures. Image courtesy of Al Masar Gallery ART REVIEW Sculptures of Humans and Animals by Hani Faisal reveals a passion for details BY KAZAD Full Article »
ART & DESIGN
Galleries, Artists and Rich Collectors Converge at Art Basel
Artists, collectors, galleries and art lovers outside Art Basel in Basel. Image courtesy of Art Basel ART FAIR Galleries and artists present their best works to rich art collectors at Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Record Auction Prices at Christie’s Evening Sale in New York
Christie’s Global President Jussi Pylkkanen at the rostrum during the auction of Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger, Version O from 1955 that made auction record selling for $179,365,000. Record Auction-Image courtesy Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Giacometti Pointing Man Sculpture Expected to Surpass Auction Estimate
Giacometti Pointing Man appears at Christie’s Auction House to challenge the current auction record for any sculpture
ART AUCTION
Iconic Picasso Painting Ignites Global Art Market Frenzy
Christie’s goes for a new world art auction record with an iconic Picasso painting titled Les femmes d’Alger (Version O)
ART FAIR
Armory Art Fair Opens in New York With High Hopes
Two guests closely examine artworks at The Armory Show in New York. Image courtesy of Roberto Chamorro for The Armory Show ART NEWS Art business watchers optimistic that 2015 Armory Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Bonhams Smashes Art Auction Records for Ben Enwonwu in London
Ben Enwonwu, The Durbar of Eid ul-Fitr, Kano, Nigeria, broke the artist’s previous best by selling for £193,250. Image courtesy of Bonhams ART AUCTION: Ben Enwonwu, one of Africa’s leading artists, Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Auction Result Gives Sotheby’s Cause to Celebrate Art Sales
Sotheby’s 2014 art auction result and art sales give the auction house reason to celebrate and prepare for the 2015 auction season
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Sotheby’s Celebrates Art Auction Season With Best and Brightest
Sotheby’s auctioneers at work auctioning Jasper Johns’s 1983 Flag in the 2014 auction season . It set a new record for the artist when it sold for $36 million. Image courtesy Full Article »
ART AUCTION
Asian Art Make Record Art Prices at Sotheby’s Hong Kong
Liu Xiaodong (b. 1963), Disobeying the Rules 1996, oil on canvas, 180 x 230 cm. One of the top Asian Art pieces at the auction. It sold for HK$66.2 million Full Article »
